Math Senior |
Math Senior |
Dr. Pavlo Pylyavskyy |
Dr. Xiang Tang |
Dr. Pavlo Pylyavskyy is a full Professor in the University of Minnesota School of Mathematics. He participated in numerous math Olympiads when he was young. His Math Olympiad achievements include 2 IMO Gold Medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal. He was also awarded the Putman fellow. (https://sites.google.com/site/pylyavskyy/)
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Dr. Xiang Tang is a Professor of Mathematics in Washington University in St. Louis. He specializes in noncommutative geometry, differential geometry, and mathematical physics. It is the first year that Dr. Tang joins the Art of Sciences. He looks forward to working with the students.
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Data Science |
Math Junior |
Dr. Qin Lu |
Dr. Jiangang Yao |
Dr. Qin Lu is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics Department at Lafayette College, where she has taught for 26 years. Her areas of instruction include Calculus, Probability, Statistics, Operations Research, and Financial Mathematics.
She has served as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI for several NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) programs:
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Dr. Jiangang Yao was fascinated with mathematics as a child and started his involvement with mathematical olympiads then. He won the gold medal with full marks in the 35th International Mathematical Olympiad and got his math PhD degree from University of California Berkeley. He has been the coach for mathematical olympiads at various levels for 30 years, and has written several popular mathematical olympiad books in Chinese.
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Business |
Introduction to Python |
Dr. Jingwei Meng |
Mr. Michael Huang |
Dr. Jingwei Meng is currently a faculty member at Indiana University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Duke University and a MBA degree in finance and supply chain management from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Dr. Meng is the co-founder of Melody Culture Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in 2004. He is actively involved in many cultural and educational services, including the first Chinese TV program in San Diego, concerts and master classes in music, summer and winter camps in business, and systematic business training for middle school and high school students. Since 2018, Dr. Meng has developed a comprehensive suite of business courses (“MBA for Youth” Program) and instructed in summer and winter camps across the US. His business classes are also offered as online weekly programs during spring and fall semesters.
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Mr. Michael Huang is a rising senior at the University of Minnesota, majoring in computer science and math. He has been involved with AoS since 2020, originally as a counselor and eventually as an instructor. Michael also enjoys card games, video games, origami, and investing in random programming projects for fun.
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Robotics |
Introduction to Machine Learning & AI |
Mr. Aiden Kronebusch |
Mr. Daniel Li |
Mr. Aiden Kronebusch is a rising sophomore at Texas A&M University, and is enrolled as an honors student in their engineering program. Throughout high school and college he has kept perfect grades, and strives for quality and accuracy in his work. When he does have free time, Aiden typically enjoys playing video games, watching television shows, and reading math/science books or miscellaneous novels.
When he was in high school, all of his extracurricular work was dedicated towards his robotics team, FRC Team 2530 - Inconceivable. In his 3 years on the team he worked his way up from a fresh recruit on the design team to its leader, and dedicated all of his time to polishing the robot, teaching newer students about CAD software, and helping out wherever possible. Some of his more major accomplishments include leading the design for a robot that made it to world championships, pioneering a new design approach, and helping fundraise over $7,000 for the team. His hard work ultimately warranted a varsity letter for each year he was on the team. 2024 was the first year of the robotics summer camp and it got generally good reception. Several common points of concern were taken into consideration for this year, so it should be even better! |
Mr. Daniel Li is a graduating senior at MIT with a computer science major and will begin his masters in MIT (MEng) in fall 2025. Daniel’s current research area heavily involves machine learning. He was a USACO finalist in the 2018-2019 season. He was also a 2020 and 2021 Canadian Computing Olympiad Invitee and a 2020 and 2021 season Google Code Jam Round 2 qualifier. He participates in Codeforces contests (danielli03) and holds a Master Title as well. Daniel enjoys teaching. He has taught Java and algorithms for 500 hours during his high school years, with more than 100 students. Since entering college, he has taught six courses (Bronze level one, Bronze level two twice, and Silver three times) at AoS, with a total of more than 100 students. In addition, he has been an instructor for the AoS summer camp in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Daniel has made 48 YouTube videos to teach Java (cswithdaniel), which have more than 600 subscribers. In his free time, Daniel participates in church Bible study and activities. He is currently doing research at MIT involving machine learning. Daniel also likes to play card games and board games. Although he has programmed video games in the past, he has not done so recently.
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Honor Biology |
Game Theory and Speech |
Ms. Zhishan "Hao Hao" Wang |
Mr. Timothy Alexander |
Ms. Zhishan “Hao Hao” Wang graduated from MIT with a B.S. in biology. She enjoys learning about novel applications of biology to biomedical research. During high school, Hao Hao participated in academic competitions such as the AMC, National Science Bowl (NSB), National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), and National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT). She has 7+ years of experience teaching math, biology, and reading/writing.
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Mr. Timothy Alexander is a math masters student at The University of Alabama. He has been with Art of Sciences for over 6 years now, as a counselor and then instructor for numerous different classes. His interest in behavioral economics began in middle school from random side projects and YouTube videos on the topic which ultimately led to him conducting research on game theory and behavioral economics while at University. In his time there, he also delved into public speaking as a means to better communicate his ideas, placing as a finalist in the Holle Excellence in Public Speaking Award and the Runner Up at UA’s Speak Off Competition. He also serves as a public speaking consultant in the University of Alabama Speaking Studio, helping empower others in their public speaking. Outside of school, Timothy loves playing sports such as soccer and spikeball, playing strategic board games, and watching shows such as Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn 99.
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Baking |
History |
Mrs. Misha |
Ms. MO Dudley |
Mrs. Misha is the founder of Misha Bakery. Without question, Misha is a Chinese pioneer in the field of baking in Minnesota. With more than ten years’ passion and creativity for baking, Misha’s popularity growth has been undeniable in the Twin Cities. As an entrepreneur, Mrs. Misha has proven to be resourceful in starting a business, forming professional partnerships, and executing visions for expansion. She also enjoys serving the Chinese community in direct correlation with her business. In her limited spare time, Mrs. Misha enjoys taking in Minneapolis’ art scene and traveling to new places.
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Ms. MO Dudley is a graduating senior at the University of Alabama, majoring in history, dance, and French. In her time at the University, she has conducted original research in historical archives for her thesis work "Entertainment, Race, and Class in Antebellum Montgomery". She has also earned the Lee David and Florence Weinberg Black Award and the Charles Grayson Summersell Award for academic excellence in the History department. Her free time is spent reading, baking, and dancing. This is her first year at Art of Sciences, and she is very excited for the chance to work with the students.
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Writing |
Creative Sound Design |
Mr. Jonathan West |
Mrs. Tara Gaoyang |
Mr. Jonathan West, BA in Classics from Trinity University, MA in Religion from Trinity International University, and MA in Education from the University of Phoenix. He has been maniacally scribbling red ink since 2001 as an editor then a teacher. Now living in Rochester, MN, he tutors full-time in writing and reading. In his spare time, he plays with his hyperactive Aussiedoodle, reads, draws, and plays puzzle games.
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Mrs. Tara Gaoyang, MFA in Film Production from Chapman University. She started composing for film and games in 2015. Now lives in so-cal as a sound designer in the film industry and teaching film production courses. She also enjoys teaching yoga and meditation in her free time.
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